Shampoo pad



Sept 29 1942 P. .J. THAUWALD 2,297,639

K SHAMPOO PAD Filed July 22s, 1959 lli lumen/to@ Patented Sept. 29, 1942 srarss ATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

My invention relates to a shampoo pad collar designed to be used on the edge of the shampoo board to protect the neck of the person having the shampoo. My'shampoo pad is formed of paper or other similar material which is readily absorbent to moisture and which is constructed with a moisture-proof backing portion which acts to prevent the moisture from seeping through the pad.

A feature of my shampoo pad or collar resides in a pad having its body portion with a greater depth or thickness at or near the ends thereof which fits in the hollow portion of a persons neck (adjacent the cheeks) when they are resting their head back in the recess of the shampoo board. This is an important feature of my shampoo pad because it not only makes the person having the shampoo more comfortable, but prevents water from seeping through on the sides onto the persons garments. This will be appreciated because while having a shampoo, a person is usually leaning backward with the back of the neck resting in the recess of the shampoo beard and thus my shampoo pad collar fits in on either side of the persons neck.

A further feature of my shampoo pad collar resides in making the same ofreinforced absorbent paper, and the reinforcing may be in the form of loosely woven gauze and further, in providing a water-proof lower surface to the pad by a moisture-proof sheet of paper or suitable material, which forms the under surface of the same.

As a matter of cleanliness, shampoo shops are required by law to use a fresh unused sterilized towel for each person receiving a shampoo, and the towel is usually laid over the neck receiving recess` of the shampoo board. It is not always possible to ascertain Whether or not the barber shop or hair dressing establishment is using fresh unused towels as a pad over the neck of the shampoo board, and therefore, it is desirable to provide a pad which may only be used once, and must then be discarded, and thus I have found that moisture absorbent paper is very desirable for this purpose. My shampoo pads are inexpensive and may be used instead of cloth towels. Each pad may be packaged individually in a suitable envelope for containing and protecting the same to insure cleanliness.

A further feature of my shampoo pad collar re sides in making the same of an arcuated nature so that it may be readily folded over the flange of the neck receiving recess of the shampoo board. My shampoo pad collar may be made in CII different shapes and may even be made of straight or rectangular material if it is desired.

The pads are made of a series of layers of material which are pressed together to form a desirable compactness and yet have a nature which will readily absorb moisture. By the use of my pads I cbviate the necessity of constant laundering of towels for shampoo, and yet fulfill the requirement of providing a fresh, unused pad for each customer. Thus my pads are more economical and more sanitary and very desirable.

In the drawing forming a part of this specification:

Figure 1 illustrates a shampoo board showing my shampoo pad collar folded over the neck recess of the same.

Figure 2 is a sectional detail on the line 2-2 of Figure l.

Figure 3 is a section of a form of my shampoo pad, the central portion being broken away, illustrating the layers thereof.

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail perspective view, showing the different layers of my pad.

Figure 5 is a small plan view of the straight form of my shampoo pad.

Figure 6 is an enlarged sectional detail of one end of the pad shown in Figure 5.

Figure '7 illustrates a small bottom plan View of the preferred shape of my shampoo pad collar.

Figure 8 is a small plan View of another shape of my shampoo pad collar.

Figure 9 is a small plan view of still another shape of my shampoo pad collar.

Figure 10 illustrates an envelope-like type of outer covering for a form of my shampoo pad collar.

Figure 11 is an enlarged cross sectional View of the form and type of my shampoo pad, where the outer sheet covering of the same is of the form illustrated in Figure l0.

My shampoo pad collar A is preferably made up of layers of moisture absorbent paper I0. The pad A may be made up of as many layers lil of the absorbent paper as desired, so as to make the thickness of the pad sufficient to absorb the moisture which ordinarily collects around the neck of the person receiving the shampoo and prevents the Water from running down onto the persons clothing.

Between the layers of absorbent paper, I provide layers of loosely woven gauze ll which act as a reinforcing to hold the absorbent paper sheeting together and to strengthen the pad A. The under surface of the pad A is formed of water-proof sheet paper material I2 which may be ribbed longitudinally so as to make the pad more easy to fold over the edge of the shampoo board.

The absorbent layers I0 extend from end to end of my pad A. Between the layers III and at or near the ends, I provide extra padding layers I3, to make the pad thicker at the end portions of the pad to provide a ller which fits closely to the neck on either side and fills in the hollow portion in the neck, and thus prevents water from running down on the customer while receiving a shampoo.

It is preferable to form the pad A with a curved or arcuated shape as illustrated in Figure '7. A longitudinal centrally extending score line I4 is formed along the pad A so that it will make it more easy to fold the same over the neck recess I5 of the shampoo board B.

In Figures 5 and 6 I have illustrated a shampoo pad A which extends longitudinally straight and which has the ends I6 of the same folded in to thicken the pad at the end I'I. In this construction the water-proof under-sheet I2 is attached after the end I6 is folded under the body of the same. This provides a shampoo pad A with the necessary thickness at the ends to 0perate as heretofore described in the form of the pad A.

In Figures 8 and 9 I have illustrated different died-out formations or shapes of my shampoo pads, such as A", otherwise these pads are made virtually identical to the pad A with the different layers of material laid one upon the other to give the desired thickness to the same.

In Figure 10 I have illustrated an outer envelope-like covering I8 which is adapted to be folded on the line I9, and when folded, the envelope portion I8 covers the layers of filling I to make up the shampoo pad A.

In accordance with the patent statutes I have described the best embodiments of my invention and While the drawing illustrates a certain construction and formation of my shampoo pad collar, I desire to have it understood that the same may be varied within the scopev of the following claim without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

A shampoo pad adapted to be folded over the marginal rim of the neck portion of a shampoo board, including a body portion formed of absorbent material, loosely Woven gauze layers eX- tending between and over said material, and a bottom portion formed of Water-proof material.

PETER JEROME THAUWALD. 

